Bodog poker room is a relatively new poker room, which is currently in its fourth year of operation. But in this short time period, it had grown by leaps and bounds to become one of the hottest poker rooms in the industry, thanks to the lavish promotions it showers on the players and the extensive advertisements undertaken by the Bodog management to spread its name. It is also one of the few online poker rooms that accept US players.

Even though Bodog poker room is a recent phenomenon, Bodog online casino was in existent since 1995, alongside its sports book section. With such a readymade player base available, the Bodog management did not have to face the hiccups of attracting enough players for their new venture like many other first timer online casinos in the web. On the other side of the coin, the players who came to Bodog poker room had not have to go back disappointed either, thanks to the variety and choices of games available – including tournaments – in the poker room and the money Bodog offered to the winners.

Software

The popularity of an online casino – poker room in this case – is directly linked to the software. If a poker site has robust and user friendly gaming software, naturally the website will have a lot of patrons. In that respect, Bodog poker room is well served.

Introduced in 2006, the Bodog poker software is easy to download, quick, user friendly, and is customizable to a good extent for individual player’s taste. Like all popular poker clients, the Bodog software allows players to take note on other gamers, shows table statistics like view flop percentage and average pot size, and also lets the gamers track live their win percentage, how often they see flop etc. Another noteworthy feature of the software is that it lets a single player play at three tables simultaneously. No wonder, the Bodog poker room software is rated as one of the best in the industry at present.

Graphics

Bodog poker room graphics is pleasing to the eyes, realistic, offers better color optimization, less complex in its design and there are no eye numbing images. Every bit of information is provided in a readable format, so are the menus and buttons. The graphics depict the players – that is you – seated in the center, as opposed to the conventional table design, a smart piece of innovation that improves playability.

Traffic

As mentioned above, Bodog poker room is one of the fastest growing online poker rooms in the web. So naturally, it attracts a lot of traffic, and statistics show that in terms of traffic, Bodog occupies a spot amongst the top 10 online poker rooms in the cyberspace. The traffic hits its maximum at 7 pm (PT), and as it has been observed, the number of logged in users on an average comes to about 2,500 (as in January 2008).

Competition

Since a lot of players who shifted allegiance to Bodog poker room comes from the sports book arena, with their game patterns borrowed heavily from betting, it is easy for professional poker players to cash in on their gambling traits and make some quick money, provided they follow a decent gaming strategy, and yes, if managed to share the table with such players. So, a bit of observation of others also comes handy.

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